“Well, Charles, I think as someone who has been through this, you understand that there is a due process and there is a process which they will go through to determine a person’s innocence, which I think you’ve been through, and you understand it and you respect it,” Lewandowski said.

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The interview came one day after reports that pro-Trump singer Joy Villa had filed a sexual assault report against Lewandowski after he allegedly slapped her buttocks at a recent holiday party.

Payne himself was suspended from his network in July while an internal investigation into claims of sexual harassment against him took place. He returned to his show in September.

The Fox Business host on Wednesday pushed his guest to respond to Villa's accusation, asking what would have motivated a Trump supporter like Villa to level the accusations at Lewandowski.

“That’s a question for her. I’m not here to speak for Joy,” Lewandowski responded. “What I am going to do is to let the process play forward just as you did when you were accused of sexual harassment in your own case.”

Villa said the incident was "completely demeaning and shocking," and that a detective advised her to file an assault report instead of a harassment report after hearing her side of the story.